- Major League Baseball player during the 1930s and early 1940s. Played primarily third base for the New York Yankees (1930, 1933), the Boston Red Sox (1933-1936), the Philadelphia Athletics (1937-1938), the Cincinnati Reds (1939-1941) and the New York Giants (1942).
- Led the National League in runs scored (115) in 1939.
- Led the American League in stolen bases in 1934 (40), 1935 (29), and 1937 (35).
- Led the National League in fielding average for third basemen (.962) in 1940.
- Made major league debut on 25 June 1930.
- Father of Patricia Werber Bryant; William Werber Jr.; and Susie Werber Hill.
- First baseball player to bat on Television.
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